4th Jan 2011, 11:47

Toyota's Lexus is above ALL domestic competition. They use the same drivetrain components in most of their line. Toyota has fallen purely from the recall fiasco and not from actual poor reliability. See this is a "predicted rating", much like the predicted high ratings of the Fusion. You can go on about J.D. Powers and Consumer Reports all day long (or all year long as in the case for this site!) and it will tell you nothing about the real world experience with any brand of car.

Who cares what J.D. Powers says? Really, go make your purchases based on a ratings company. If I did that, I would still be buying GM junk that has cost me many $thousands over the years just to keep running. Now I drive imports mostly, and I never see a repair shop. In fact in my 27 years of driving I have never taken any import in for any repairs...ever. Only one domestic I have ever had gave me this kind of reliability, but I only had it for around 32K miles, and it was still mint when I traded it in.

29th Jul 2011, 07:07

I am back to buying domestic cars and trucks... GM and Ford have great ratings, and the design and style of their vehicles has come a long way. It's about time we start taking care of our own economy, supporting our neighbors, friends, and family who build these vehicles right here in our country. Anyone who reads or listens to the news, and thinks otherwise, better wake up!

11th Aug 2012, 16:16

Again, people just don't understand. It doesn't matter WHERE a car is made. If it is built by a foreign-owned company, the profits go out of the U.S. I don't know why this is so hard for people to grasp.

7th Jan 2014, 13:34

A late reply, but "where" the cars are built makes a huge difference. You can support Ford and GM, but if most of their cars are built outside of the USA, then that's where the jobs are, and that's where the support for local economy will be. Even if Ford and GM reaps the profits, all of that goes to the stockholders and not to the American economy, which is still driven by the middle class that need the JOBS stemming from where the cars are built, which provides more than just manufacturing jobs, such as secondary jobs such as office workers, clerks, accountants, computer techs...